Welcome back to Gray Matter Chatter!
In this episode, Gracie dives headfirst into the weirdest, wildest, and most fascinating facts she’s learned as a neuroscience student. From memory-erasing surgeries and brain GPS systems to walking proteins and the eerie Capgras Delusion, this solo episode is packed with strange stories that reveal just how bizarre — and brilliant — the brain really is.
You’ll learn about:
The unforgettable story of Patient H.M.
- Corkin, S. (2002). What'snew with the amnesic patient H.M.? Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 3(2),153–160.
How your brain maps space with place and grid cells
- https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2021.678725
A mouse with a false memory (implanted with light!)
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/meet-two-scientists-who-implanted-false-memory-mouse-180953045/
Mirror therapy and phantom limb pain
- https://healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope/health-library/all/2025/02/how-mirror-therapy-can-reduce-phantom-limb-pain
The unsettling world of Capgras Delusion
- https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/capgras-syndrome
Kinesin: the motor protein that literally walks
- https://www.artofthecell.com/well-you-can-tell-by-the-way-i-use-my-walk/
Why general anesthesia still stumps scientists
- https://www.sciencealert.com/for-over-150-years-how-general-anaesthesia-works-has-eluded-scientists-we-re-finally-getting-close
Whether you’re a fellow student, a science nerd, or justhere for the brainy curiosities, this episode is for you.
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